All Wanders
Clifton Sinkhole, Camp Road and a Re-Visited Fire Hydrant
27 December 2020, 12:27 to 14:28
Sector: 
N
N
77 images
I went to have a peep at the giant sinkhole that's opened up in Canynge Square—ironically, having recently discovered the gardens were public I'd had the (triangular!) square on my list to re-visit for a few days, but now there's no entrance to the gardens due to the danger. The area was well fenced-off...
Sunday Bedmo
20 December 2020, 12:24 to 14:28
Sector: 
SE
SE
76 images
A long meander around bits of Bedminster, from the river to the north to Winterstoke Road to the south, taking a few roads I've seen before, and a few I haven't. The Christmas decorations were an extra bonus.
Brandon Hill Ramble with Bonus Balloon and Landing Stage Visit
22 March 2021, 16:15 to 18:45
Sector: 
E
E
73 images
I wasn't going to take a very long walk on this nice spring evening; it just happened. I was going to knock off a path or two on Brandon Hill, home over centuries to hermits and windmills, cannons and Chartists, and then just wander home, stopping only to fill up my milk bottle at the vending machine...
Northern Clifton
16 January 2021, 15:00 to 17:12
Sector: 
NE
NE
72 images
A raggedy wander with my friend Lisa, picking up a few stray streets and venturing only briefly onto Whiteladies Road, where it was too damn busy, given the current pandemic. We retreated fairly quickly. Found a couple of interesting back alleys, and got a very pointed "can I help you?" from a man who...
Docks Heritage Weekend Day Two: Underfall Yard Substation, Hydraulics, and Bristol Electricity
10 October 2021, 11:36 to 13:12
Sector: SE
SE
70 images
I'm afraid that this is a bit of a badly-curated wander, where I mostly just popped out to find out a little of the history of Underfall Yard and poke around the various open workshops, and, in hindsight, really didn't take pictures in any kind of coherent order. So there's a lot of pictures, but they...
Harbourside Milestone
17 March 2021, 17:28 to 19:18
Sector: E
E
69 images
The other day I realised (hello, Maggie!) that my next walk would be my hundredth, and that I'd done 393.4km so far. I figured it would be nice to get to 100 walks and 400km on the same walk, so I went for a nice long harbourside wander after work, rather than dashing out at lunchtime. As it turned...
The Gridiron, Bower Ashton and the Bristol International Exhibition
28 November 2021, 12:44 to 15:01
Sector: 
S
S
67 images
Bower Ashton is an interesting little area just south of the river from me—in fact, the Rownham Ferry used to take people over from Hotwells to Bower Ashton, operating from at least the twelfth century to around the 1930s.
It's a strangely contradictory little area, with a cluster of old and new houses...
A Long Bristol Port Railway-Inspired Walk from Hotwells Station through Walcombe Slade to Clifton Down
4 November 2021, 09:32 to 13:20
Sector: N
N
67 images
The more I research it, the more I find that Hotwells had far better transport links back in Victorian and Edwardian times than it has today. Along with buses that went to more useful places than the City Centre, there were trams, the funicular up to Clifton, the landing stage for paddle steamer services...
Bedminster, Ashton, Ashton Court sunset walk
12 December 2020, 14:22 to 16:21
Sector: S
S
67 images
A walk with Sarah focusing on Ashton and the surrounds, taken on a day with really nice light around sunset. Just what I needed.
A Longer-than-it-looks Walk With Lisa
6 June 2021, 11:59 to 13:16
Sector: E
E
65 images
The track on the map doesn't tell the whole story of this walk with Lisa around and about Clifton, Berkeley Square, Brandon Hill and the harbourside, because the batteries on my GPS ran out while we were on the roof of Trenchard Street car park, it seems. Oh well. I think I did most of the area I was...
Sequel Injection
7 May 2021, 09:40 to 11:59
Sector: NE
NE
65 images
I saw this tweet the other day and started thinking of my second Covid-19 vaccination as my "Sequel Injection" (to a geek, it's funny. You'll have to take my word for it.) Whatever you call it, this morning I went and got it.
It was in the same place I got my initial injection—my left arm! No, okay,...
Alma Vale
6 December 2020, 11:36 to 12:31
Sector: NE
NE
65 images
I wasn't really feeling it when I set out today, on my first car-assisted wander. By the time I'd parked on Alma Vale Road in Clifton it was just starting to rain and I picked my way about in quite a desultory way. It felt strange, as I was very familiar with the area because I'd walked through it hundreds...
Morning Mist
5 November 2020, 07:17 to 08:40
Sector: 
NW
NW
65 images
I spotted the fog and decided to go for a morning walk rather than a lunchtime walk today. It was cold on the Portway, but it was worth it. Most of my One Mile Matt photos are "record shots", but it's nice to get the chance to do something a bit more artistic.
The Long Lunchtime at the End of the World
27 November 2020, 12:38 to 14:23
Sector: E
E
59 images
I took an extra-long break at lunchtime today as I'd taken the day off my normal day-job to do the accounts for my previous side-job, which is still generating paperwork, though not much in the way of money. This took me through some undiscovered bits of Cliftonwood, including Worlds End Lane, which...
Soldiery, University, Theosophy, and Berkeley Square
30 May 2021, 14:21 to 16:52
Sector: NE
NE
58 images
I managed to knock off a reasonable chunk of the roads I had left to walk around the University at the north-eastern extremity of my mile on this nice sunny walk. As well as being impressed by the number of big townhouses now occupied by various departments, I took some time on my way there to check...
A Promenade on New Year's Day
1 January 2021, 12:35 to 15:06
Sector: NW
NW
58 images
I wandered along the gorge today and found the entrance to the disused Portnalls Number 1 railway tunnel of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier. The door was unlocked, but as soon as I opened it I felt a sense of current habitation and decided discretion was the best option. There's a lot of people homeless...
Bedminster Trip for New Walking Shoes
26 February 2022, 12:15 to 14:40
Sector: SE
SE
57 images
I needed to buy new walking shoes—my old ones were squeaking and it was driving me up the wall—so I ordered some for collection from Taunton Leisure on East Street in Bedminster, and decided to make picking them up an official wander.
I didn't cover any new ground within my mile, but I did take advantage...
Cliftonwood and a Secret Garden
3 December 2020, 12:12 to 13:01
Sector: E
E
55 images
I love the isolation of Cliftonwood -- the geography of it, with its solid boundary of Clifton Vale to the west and Jacob's Wells Road to the east mean that you tend not to be in Cliftonwood unless you've got a reason to be there. It's not a cut-through to anywhere, at least not from side-to-side, and...
Leigh Woods Solo
19 June 2021, 11:26 to 13:47
Sector: 
W
W
53 images
I hadn't really planned to go out for a wander yesterday; I just got the urge and thought "why not?" (Well, the weather forecast was one possible reason, but I managed to avoid the rain, luckily.)
I wanted to finish off the A369—as it turns out I may still have a small section to go, but I've now walked...
The AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine, Clifton College Prep School, the Zoo and a Missing Bungalow
20 February 2021, 12:58 to 14:34
Sector: N
N
53 images
I went to get my first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today. Handily, the vaccination centre was Clifton College Prep School in Northcote road, next to Bristol Zoo, a road that's just within my 1-mile range that I hadn't visited before.
I parked up near Ladies Mile and tried to find...